Wednesday, 2 December 2015

RENDER - Jewell and Kimiko unified MMA rules

Depending on
how rough they go, it’s almost 50/50 between Jewell and Kimiko.

In a
straight up grappling match Jewell has the slight advantage.Kimiko occasionally scores if she grabs a leg
but Jewell’s elite Judo means that arm bars and chokes are a big ask to pull
off, and a pretty big ask again to escape.

But Kimiko
is more rounded. A lot more rounded, especially if you count kick boxing and
striking.

Even Jewell
wants to know. So what happens if they put on the hand wraps and light gloves?

First is a
clinch. Kimiko stats with some in close shots to the body.

Jewell pulls
out a trick her younger sister taught her. Rather than keep taking punches to
the kidneys let’s try a hip toss instead. Then trap one arm and the neck to try
for the compression choke.

Kimiko is
familiar with this technique also, which is wht she knows to jam her forearm
into Jewell’s throat.

Really
hard...

Kimiko break
s and scramble back to her feet. It’s a straight stand up for them both, and
Kimiko figures out why Jewell made the challenge. She’s been working on her striking;
and it’s come a long way.

Kimiko mixes
things up with a change in stance to southpaw. Right away she sees it. Jewell
is suddenly off balance and her footwork is wrong.

The right
jab is almost too easy.

Jewell falls
back, Kimiko chases pressing the advantage.

Jewell hasn’t
just been working her hands in the gym. The low kick is fast and solid.

Kimiko’s
knee will feel that one tomorrow.

And now
this?

The kick is
fast. Really fast. And it has power also. Now Kimiko is falling back.

Now it’s
Jewell shooting forward.

Kimiko pulls
open guard, but from here she needs to sweep herself into mount or get free.

It’s Jewell
on top. She’s not going to get the submission from here.

Especially
not with Jewell’s fists coming down on her face and head.

Back on
their feet, both have traded shots and advantage.

Kimiko is
looking for those kicks and throws. She also knows that she can keep Jewell off
balance with a southpaw stance.

Jewell knows
to look for the lead right jab. She needs to find her range and her shot. Kick
from a distance or close and throw.

Kimiko knows
how to kick also. In fact she’s got years of experience on Jewell.

Fake the
right – Jewell steps back and winds up flat on her feet.

Which is why
she isn’t able to move again when the lead right leg comes up next.

The power
kick is supposed to come from the back leg. It takes a lot of skill, experience
and technique to throw a knockout from your lead leg.

Kimiko is
very, very nearly that good.

Jewell
knocked clean on her back by the blow.

Kimiko goes
for the finish.

She’s in a hurry.
She wants this before Jewell gets her composure back.

Turns out
Jewell has been doing the right things in training.

That includes
spending as much, maybe even more, time on situations where you are at the
disadvantage so that you know how to respond.

Jewell has
pulled Kimiko back down. Absent the posture up the ground and pound loses most
of it’s effectiveness.

Slowly
Jewell is getting her senses and composure back.

This is more
like it. Turning position Jewell now has top position. Even from inside guard
she can re-orient and figure out what to do next.

Kimiko is
pissed about the lost opportunity.

Pissed?

Jewell has
moved to half guard. Kimiko has a scissor on one leg only and, although the
leverage is wrong, from here Jewell can sink the triangle arm choke.

So she does.

A lesser
grappler would be done here, especially when it’s Jewell applying the choke.

Kimiko is very
much in the elite on the ground herself, so what happens next is reflex...

As her head
starts to fuzz, it’s concentrate on breathing. Relax. Go to that happy place in
your mind and stay calm while you avoid blacking out.

Now get
yourself out of this situation...

Back to
their feet again, but Kimiko is still wobbly while she gets the blood flow back
in her brain.

She quickly
moves to southpaw again, but the jab is too sloppy.

This time
Jewell has her footwork right, and she slips the jab past her head while
turning and leaning in.

The she
straightens up – turning back.

With her
right hand in a perfect cross to the chin.

Wobbly as
she is – Kimiko sees it coming. She just manages to turn her own head.

Just enough
to avoid getting nailed exactly right on the button.

Still a lot of light and black flashes in the head all of a sudden...

It really
doesn’t get much worse than this.

Face down
with your opponent on your back and both hooks in.

Your own
legs are lifted, so your hips might as well be belted to the mat.

And the
woman on top of you is taking shots at your head.

Jewell has
been working on her striking. Standing she can knock you on your ass. On her
back she can defend with the best of them.

How is her striking
on the ground?

Actually...
Not so awesome. It’s hard to defend when you’re face down but Jewell’s shots
don’t have a lot of power.

Kimiko
weathers the storm and manages to turn over.

This is
improved.

It’s not
great.

She keeps
her arms in tight. Always with one elbow into Jewell’s chest to prevent her
coming down full weight with a strike.

Now all she
needs to do is dislodge an elite Judoka with a full mount off her chest.

So what’s
next?

Kimiko can
weather the storm, but from here she can’t mount any offense. Jewell’s shots
aren’t going to end it, but Kimiko is getting more and more exhausted trying to
defend and she is completely unable to buck Jewell off or change position.

Desperate
she attempts a gamble.

That’s a
long way to put your arm out defending a punch when the person on top is that
good at judo...

Before
reaching up with that arm Kimiko positioned her knees.

When Jewell
goes for the arm bar Kimiko catches one leg between her own.

This isn’t
merely uncomfortable. Jewell can still wreck Kimiko’s elbow if she gets deep
enough on Kimiko’s shoulder.

Kimiko has
to work fast and get the top leg over her head so she can properly escape.

Back on their
feet, both women have their composure.

But Jewell
is a lot fresher and Kimiko nearly spent after spending that much time with
Jewell sitting on her chest and punching at her face.

This time
the stance is orthodox. Short left jab to the face, another and another – rat a
tat tat.

Then the
clinch.

Jewell goes
for another hip toss.

Kimiko turns
her right hip back as if to block the throw and grabs the back of Jewell’s
head.

Then she
turns back with her hand rising.

Jewell is
looking to block the right cross, and turns to the left herself to slip the
punch.

She completely
misses the muay thai knee that was the real attack.

And because
of the way she’s turned she not only gets nailed flush – the impact hits her
liver.

There is a
crackle of pain like electric fire radiating from the right side of her body –
all the way to her hands and feet.

Suddenly
nothing is working.

This is
neither neat nor elegant.

Kimiko is
too tired to attempt much.

If she can’t
end this here she’s so gassed she’ll be hard pressed to defend anything.

Jewell’s
problem is that her arms and legs won’t do what she’s telling them too.

Jewell
turns.

Sort of.

Kind of.

She wants to
get her knees under her. She’s only made it part way there.

A bulldog
choke isn’t terribly flash.

Locked in
tight it is terrible effective.

Jewell still
can’t get her knees forward under her. It’s almost like she’s hanging by her
neck.

Kimiko’s arm
is the noose.

With her
left hand she tries to push up off the mat – but she can’t reach.

Instead she
tries to push up off Kimiko’s knee.

It’s slippery
with sweat – and her hand keeps sliding off.

Jewell knows
the routine too.

Breathe
deeply. Go to that happy place. Concentrate on escaping the hold.

Or maybe,
after you go to that happy sleepy place, you just stay there.

A few
moments later Jewell wakes up with what feels like a bruise the length of her
right rib cage...